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President Donald Trump said on Monday he would nominate David Bernhardt, a former energy lobbyist, to be secretary of the interior, the department that oversees U.S. public lands. Bernhardt is currently the acting secretary at the Interior Department. He is widely

Thirteen European nations joined the United States in recognizing opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s interim president on Monday, heightening the global showdown over Nicolas Maduro’s socialist rule. Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland,

A former far-right Dutch politician announced on Monday that he has converted to Islam. Writing a book on Islam changed the views of Joram van Klaveren, 39, on the religion, and he converted last October, local media reported. Van Klaveren served

A damaged building in the Syrian northern city of Aleppo collapsed Saturday, killing 11 people, including four children, said the Assad regime’s news agency. SANA said the five-story building, damaged during years of war, collapsed early Saturday, killing most of those

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proposed on Saturday bringing forward parliamentary elections to this year, as he seeks to crush the threat posed by the National Assembly’s head, Juan Guaido, who has proclaimed himself legitimate head-of-state. Maduro in a speech to supporters

China’s human rights violations against the Turkic Uyghur minority in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region, also referred to as East Turkestan, have been protested across the Chinese Consulates worldwide. The Islamic Community National View (IGMG), one of Germany’s largest Muslim-Turkish associations, gathered

U.S. prosecutors announced Thursday they had dismantled three secret “birth tourism” networks that illegally offer Chinese expectant mothers the chance to give birth in California so their children will have U.S. citizenship. In total, 19 people were charged in the schemes,

French lawmakers have backed a bill banning protesters from hiding their faces during demonstrations, reinforcing President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to push back against violent members of the “yellow vest” movement. Protesters wearing masks or covering faces during demonstrations will face one